Improvement in machine for laying out doors and sash



N.PETF.RS. PHOTO-LITHOGRAFMER. WASHINGTON, D C.

btit-td tant SETH CfELLIS, OF JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY.

Letters .Patent No. 99,866, dated February 15, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN MACHINE FOR LAYING- OUT DOORS AND SASE.

` Nase- The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SETH C. ELLIS, ot Jersey City, in the county of Hudson7 and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Machines for Laying Out Doors, SashesJ and other' Work, ot'n'hich the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming part,L of this specification, and in which- Figure 1 represents a plan, and

Figure 2, a transverse section of a machine con-- structcd in accordance with my improvement.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

My improvement relates to machines for laying out doors, window-sashes, and other like work, by gauging and scribing in an automat-ic manner, to insure accuracy and rapidity in manufacturing by bulk or quantity work of like size, the places or lengths at which cuts are to be made in the several pieces composing the Work, and to this end The invention consists in a combination of one, two, or more circularly-traveling or revolving scribing heads, made adjustable in direction of the length of their axes, and carrying suitably-set scribers or markers, with a stationary bed or support for the work, and a stopto' ldetermine its proper position on the bed relatively to the markers, substantially as hereinafter described.

Referring to the accompanying drawing- A represents the frame of the machine, and 1i the bod or support for the work.

This bed, which runs in direction of the length of the machine on one side of it, is set inclining, as regards its transverse section or Width, in a downward direction toward a longitudinally-am'anged horizontal shaft C, that has circular or revolving motion communicated to it, in direction of the arrow 2:, by a piiiley, u., or otherwise. y

0n this shaft C are arranged any number of scribing heads D D, adjustable by means of' set screws b b along the shaft, to vary their width apart or distance l'rom a stop, E, to suit dierent work or gauged cuts to be made therein. The stop E may also be made adjustable relatively to the scribing heads, or along the bed B, for the same purpose.

The scribing heads D l) are each made up of adisk or circular portion, o, of diameter sufiicieut to bring its periphery in moderately close relationship to but not absolute contact with the front edge of the` bed B, so that said disks will act as stops for the stuff or piece of timber being marked to slide down or rest against as it is being scribed, and whilst tbe scribers or markers come round to scratch it. Said disks c also serve by their rotation and Contact with the stuft, stick, or other piece being laid out, to rub against and keep the same from jumping, and there is no labor of handling or feeding up the stuff beyond placing it on the bed"v B, with its one end pressed up against the stop E, the'.

work being self-feeding by reason ofthe inclination of the bed, which saves much time and labor.

The scribers tl d, of v-:hich there may be any number, are held by clamps e o and set' screws f f in au adjustable manner, on or along radial arms `or projections g g, fast to the sides of the disks o, and forming part of 4the scribiug heads. These scribers project slightly beyond the peripheries of the disks c, as it were, so as to mark or cut intoV the work, and where each head is required to lay out a inortise they should be arranged in pairs on opposite sides of the' axis thereof, and out of line with each other, but the disposition of the markers will ofcourse varywith the Work to be done. It is desirable, however, in all or most cases, to so point or bevel them :is-that in marking or cutting into the work they will exert a tendency to draw or keep it pressed up against the stop E, to insure steadiness of the work on its bed, and accuracy in the gauging or scribiog of it.

'hat is here claimed, and desired to be secured by LettersY Patent, is-

1. The circaIarly-traveling scri-hing heads D, constructed of a disk, c, and scriber-holdiug side arms or Wings g, essentially as shown and described.

v2. The combination and arrangement relatively to veach other ofthe inclined bed B, with its end stop E,

and the revolving scribiug heads I), made adjustable along their shaft C, and constructed to operate essentially as herein set forth.

SETH G. ELLIS.

Witnesses z FRED. Hermes, 1i. E. RABEAU. 

